Panini Ilangakoon

Christophel Panini Illangakoon (Sinhala: ක්‍රිස්ටෝෆෙල් පනිනි ඉල්ලන්ගකූන්) (10 November 1919 – 10 February 1989) was a Sri Lankan politician.

He was a member of parliament from Weligama in Matara and a first cousin of S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, former Prime Minister of Ceylon.

[2] He received his primary and secondary education at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia and completed his studies in agriculture in Bangalore and in the United Kingdom.

[2] He became a member of the newly formed Sri Lanka Freedom Party in 1952 and contested the Weligama seat unsuccessfully, losing to Montague Jayawickrama.

[5] His first wife Effie remarried Robert Edward Jayatilaka and was later elected as the Chairman of the Nawalapitiya Urban Council.